Type-writing machine.



INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented May 27, I902.

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J. E. NEAI'IB.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

(Apphcat on filed Apr 28 1901 (llo Muriel.)

Pafented May 27, I902.

J. 5., NEAHB.

- TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

(Application filed Apr. 28, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

' INVENTOR ATTORNEYS ms TERS co, wow-urns, WASHYNGTON n c Patented May27, 1902. J. E. NEAHR.

TYPE WRlTlNG MACHINE.

(Applicatioh filed Apr. 28, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

UNTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB E. NEAI-IR, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE \VAGNERTYPEWRITER OOMPANY, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters .Patent No. 700,973, dated May 27,1902.

Application filed April 231 1901. Serial No. 57,052- (No model.)

To all whom it Hwy concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB E. NEAHR, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, county of Erie, State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Type-Writing Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to type-writing machines, and more particularly tomechanism which may be employed in the natureof an attachment forcarrying rolls of paper which may be written on by the machine and inwhich a copy of the written matter may be produced.

To these and other ends, which will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts to behereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts in the various views, Figure I is a sideview of sufficient number of parts of a type-writing machine toillustrate my invention. Fig. II is a top view of the same. Fig. III isa rear view of the same. Fig. IV is an enlarged sectional detail view ofthe connection between the carriage and the rollsupport on the line IVIV of Fig. I. Fig. V is an enlarged sectional detail view of one of theguides, the section being taken on the line V V of Fig. VI. Fig. VI is asectional view of the same, taken on the line VI VI of Fig. V. Fig.VIIis a detail longitudinal sectional View of one of thesupporting-spindles and the bearings therefor, the section being takenon the line VII VII of Fig. VIII. Fig. VIII is a sectional view of thesame on the line VIII VIII of Fig. VII.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the framing of a type-writingmachine, to which is secured a traverserod a, which passes through theperforated studs 1), that constitute the connection between thetraverse-rod and the carriage B. The forward or front end of thecarriage B is provided with a traverse-roll c, that is adapted to bearupon the rod 0, fixed to the framing of the machine, and whichconstitutes a support for the front of the carriage. This carriage Bisprovided with a platen D, that moves with the carriage in the usualmanner. The type-bars d are pivoted at e and contact with the platen atthe front thereof, so that What is known as a front-strike machine isprovided. Motion is transmitted from the key-levers to the typebars inany suitable manner.

Operatively connected to the carriage B is a frame 1. This frame 1 isadapted to carry all of the parts which constitute the attachmentforming in part the subject-matter of my invention. In the presentinstance I pivot the frame to the carriage by passing a screw 2 througheach of the side bars 3 of. the frame 1, so that each end of the frame 1is connected to an end of the carriage.

Upon reference to Fig. IV it will be ob served that each of the screws 2is provided with a cylindrical portion 4, which extends through acorresponding opening in the side bar 3, and that the innerscrew-threaded end of the screw takes in a screw-threaded opening in therod 5, which constitutes a part of the carriage B. By these means theentire paper-rollframe is caused to move with the carriage in thedirection of its feed, but may be turned on the screws 2 as a pivotalcenter, as will hereinafter more clearly appear.

Adj ustably secured to each of the side bars 3 is an upright bar 6, thetwo uprights being united by a cross-bar 7, (see Fig. 111,) so as toform a U-shaped frame. The cross-bar 7 of this frame supports a pivotedroller 8, that is adapted to bear upon a rail 9, secured to the framingof the machine, as indicated at 10. The upper ends of the uprights 6 areseated in openings in a cross-bar 11, which constitutes a support forthe flanged guides 12. The cross-bar 11 may be maintained in place byset-screws 11*. Each of the guides 12 is provided with a split sleeve13, which surrounds and bears upon the bar 11 and maintains the guidefriction-tight in the adjusted position. In addition to the cross-bars 7and direction thereon.

be maintained in the adjusted position by a set-screw 20. The bearings14, 15, 17, and 18 are somewhat similar in construction, though they areintended for different purposes. Thus the bearings 14 are perforated toreceive a spindle 21., which may be projected endwise through thebearings, and is secured against longitudinal movement by the sleeves22, which may he slipped off the bars 6 after removing the cross-bar 11.The spindle 21 is provided with adjustable guides 23, similar inconstruction to the guides 12, hereinbefore described. This spindle 21is provided with a pulley 24 at one end thereof for purposes which willhereinafter appear. The bearin gs 15 are connected to the side bars 3and form the union between said side bars and the uprights 6. Thebearings 17 are united to the ends of a U -shaped yoke 25, that carriesadjustable guides 26, that are constructed like the guides 12 and 23.The bearings 18 are connected to a yoke 27, which is similar to the yoke25, except that it extends in an opposite direction. The yoke 27 like-Wise carries adjustable guides 28, which are similar to the guides 12,23, and 26.

The bearings 16 and 1%) are differently constructed from the others andso arranged that the spindles carried therein are free to rotate and maybe readily withdrawn from the bearings. Thus from an inspection of Figs.VII and VIII of the drawings it will be seen that the bearing 16 at oneside of the frame has an annular recess 29, which is adapted to receivethe end of a tubular sleeve 30, that loosely surrounds the spindle 31.One end of the spindle 31 abuts against the abutment 32, containedwithin the annular recess 29, whereas the opposite end of the spindle isseated in a recess 33 in the opposite bearing, which recess conforms tocontour of its spindle. This spindle 31 is likewise provided withso-called adjustable guides 34, which are constructed like the guides 12and 23. In order to remove the spindle, it is merely necessary to slidethe sleeve along the spindle until said sleeve is withdrawn from itsrecess 29, when the end of the spindle next to this bearing maybe movedlaterally, when the spindle can be moved longitudinally and its oppositeend withdrawn from the recess 33. One of the guides 34 may then beslipped off the spindle and the roll withdrawn or a new roll of paper heslipped on the spindle.

The bearings 19 are constructed in the same manner as the bearings 16.The numeral 35 indicates its spindle, which is provided with adjustableguides 36, and the locking-sleeve is indicated at 37.

Mounted, preferably, on one of the bearings 17 is a pulley 38, which isdouble-grooved and has aband 39, (preferablya rubber band,) that passesaround the same in one groove and cooperates with a pulley 40, carriedby the shaft or hand-wheel of the platen D. The l other groove. of thepulley 38 cooperates with a band 41, similar to the band 39, and saidband 41 extends around the pulley 24 to rotate the spindle 21, thatconstitute a take-up.

The spindle 31 and the cooperating guides are adapted to support a rollof paper of any desired width in place, and the band of paper 42 extendsfrom this roll around the platen D up to the spindle 21, where the freeend of the strip is secured in any suitable manner. It will therefore beobserved that the spindles 21 and 31 and their guides constitute reels.One of the spindles, 31, and its guides may be termed a record-supplyreel, and the other, the spindle 21, and its guides may be termed therecord take-up reel. A second roll of paper is adapted to be supportedby the spindle 35, and said spindle and its guides 36 constitute whatmay be termed a second supply-reel. The band of paper 43, which extendsfrom this reel, passes over the cross-bar of the U-shaped frame 27 andbetween the guides 28 thereof. The band 43 passes thence over the edgeof the papertable 44, around the platen, and over the cross-bar 11 andbetween the guides 12 thereon. The band 43 may be gummed upon its rearside and provided with serrations at given intervals, as indicated at 45in Fig. II, thus providing separable labels.

Between the paper strips 42 and 43 is an endless inking-band 46, whichhas one inkingface that is next to the record strip or band 42. Thisinking-band may be made of any suitable material, such as carbon-paper0r textile fabric. The endless inking band passes around the cross-barof the yoke 27, over the edge of the paper-table 44, around the platenD, over the cross-bar 11, and over the cross-bar of the yoke 25.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the ordinarypaper-feed rolls in their cooperation with the platen effect a feed ofall three fabrics in the direction of the length of the bands when theplaten is rotated for line-spacing. This same intermittent rotation ofthe platen transmits a corresponding movement to the pulley 40 and fromthe latter to the pulley 38 through the band 39. The motion thus givento the pulley 38 is imparted to the pulley 24 through the band 41. Thismovement of the pulley 24 causes the spindle 21 to be rotatedintermittently to the same extent that the paper is fed forward byplaten, thereby providing a simple and efficient take-up for therecordstrip.

It will be observed that the entire weight of what may be termed theattachment is supported by the rail 9, upon which the roller 8 bears,the pivotal connection with the carriage being one which merely causesthe attachment to move with the carriage.

An important feature of my invention c011- sists of the means whichpermit the entire attachment to be swung up off the rail 9 in the areindicated in dotted lines in Fig. I, so that access can be had to thefeed-dogs andjother parts at the rear of the machine. In other words,when the attachment is swung up access is given to the entire rearportion of the machine.

In the movement of the paper-strip 43 in the direction of the arrow,Fig. I, the written matter is constantly before the operator and anunobstructed View thereof is presented. As the writing progresses theline-spacing or intermittent rotation of the platen causes the threefabrics 42, 43, and 46 to be moved together, and the matter which iswritten upon the face of the strip 43 is reproduced as a folio copy uponthe strip 42, it being underderstood that an inking-surface is providedupon only one side of the inking-band 46. As the matter is reproducedupon the strip 42 it is reeled upon the take-up reel, whereas thewritten matter contained upon the strip 43 may, if desired, be separatedas the writing proceeds.

It will be understood that the usual or any preferred paper-feedmechanism which cooperates with the platen D enters into cooperationwith the platen to feed the various fabrics 42, 43, and 46 forward asthe platen is rotated, whereas the take-off roller or reel is operatedby the pulley-and-band connection heretofore described.

It will be observed that the bearings of the various reels and guidesare adjustable, so that the positions of the various reels may be variedto suit the different circumstances. It will also be seen that theprovision of the adjustable guides 12, 23, 26, 28, 34, and 36 willpermit the employment of various widths of paper.

My invention will be found of greater practical advantage as alabel-addressing machine. Thus, for instance, the strip 43 may be gummedupon one side and may be perforated at intervals throughout its length-The paper contained between each two lines of perforations willconstitute a detachable label. The operator may place the address orother suitable inscription upon each of these labels, and as it is'being produced a copy thereof is being produced upon the strip 42. Thisstrip 42 may constitute a record and copy which will show the names andaddresses indicated upon the labels and may be retained as areference-list. After the labels have been written on in the mannerindicated they may be separated and attached as desired.

It will be seen that no change in the construction of the type-writingmachine itself is necessary in order to connect the attachment theretoand that the attachment can be readily removed by unscrewing the screws2 and 10, when the type-writing machine proper is left at its originalform.

From the foregoing description it is thought that a clear understandingof the construction and operation of the mechanism constituting thesubject-matter of my invention can be arrived at.

In illustrating my invention I have shown it in its application to thewell-known Underwood type-writing machine, though obviously it might beapplied to any type-writing machine wherein the invention may be foundavailable.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a type-writing machine, the combination, with the carriage havinga platen and a guide in the rear of the platen and at a higher levelthan the same, a copying-ribbon and a duplicate paper strip passing fromsaid guide to the platen, additional guiding means for the paper andribbon located in the rear of said guide and at a lower level than thesame, whereby the paper and ribbon will be kept in close contact witheach other from the guide to the platen, and means for feeding the paperand the copying-ribbon.

2. In a front-strike type-writing machine the combination of a platen, aplaten-carriage, an adjustable paper-supply reel operatively connectedto travel with said carriage, an adjustable take-up reel operativelyconnected to travel with the carriage and situated on a higherhorizontal plane than the supply-reel, whereby the operator will have anunobstructed View of the written matter as the paper passes from onereel to another, laterally-adjustable guides to said reels toaccommodate different widths of paper, means for automatically turningthe take-up reel as the paper is fed forward and means for supportingsaid reels independently of the carriage.

JAOOB E. NEAIIR.

Witnesses:

V. M. LOWREY, R. A. ANsoHULTz.

